Glamyromyrmex longinoi Bolton manuscript name

Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu

30 July 1996


Identification
worker lateral view
worker face view

Face and vertex completely lacking erect setae; head in side view extremely flattened (contrast with miror).

Geography

Costa Rica. In Costa Rica, known from two Atlantic slope sites: 800m in the Penas Blancas Valley, and 500m in Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve.

Natural History

Inhabits wet forest leaf litter. Presumed predaceous.

How to collect

Sift litter from mature wet forest floor and extract in Berlese funnel or Winkler bag.


Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu

Last modified: 07/30/1996